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Check the scanner settings. Get *comfortable* with checking the scanner settings. Scan at 400 to 600 dpi in black & white for paperbacks. (If you want, scan the covers in color.) Adjust page sizes to something big enough for the books with not too much space around the edges.
Expect the first book to go very very slow. Feed a few pages at a time into the scanner, and make sure all those pages have finished loading before you start the next ones. If it's too dark, or too light, adjust the settings and re-do.
By your tenth book, it'll go much faster, but you'll get better results by taking your time with the first few. (And it'll cost you more than 10 cents per book to digitize, unless your time is worth $0.)
Set up some music you like to listen to while you're scanning. You can't really watch TV or movies & scan; you need your eyes to keep checking the paper & the computer, but you can listen to music.
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